Christmas Time

We had a wonderful weekend filled with Christmas fun. Saturday we took the boys to see Santa at the mall. Before we left the boys each colored a picture for Santa and I helped them write a little note to Santa on the back. Eli has been talking about going to Santa for a few weeks now but we wanted to wait until Mike was done with school so that he could go with us. Jude would also get really excited when we would talk about Santa, but I don't think he really understood what we were talking about. When we got there Eli did great getting on Santa's lap and talking to him. He smiled the entire time and told Santa he wanted Alphie the Robot for Christmas. It was so cute. Jude was not quite as excited about it. As soon as he saw Eli sitting on Santa's lap he grabbed a hold of me pretty tight. I walked up there with him and showed him Santa was nice and he was ok going on his lap. He wouldn't smile, but I was just happy that he didn't cry. Oh course as we walked away he kept waving and smiling and saying bye bye. :-) Eli then got to put their notes for Santa in the big red mailbox. When we got home the boys got to enjoy the candy canes that Santa had given them and they both loved it.

Coloring a picture for Santa

Eli was so excited to see Santa!Santa 2010
Leaving the notes for Santa
Enjoying the candy canes from Santa

Today we went over to Mike's parents house for a family Christmas party. It was so wonderful to see everyone. We hadn't seen most of them since last winter. It is so wonderful to see the boys playing with the their cousins and their 2nd cousins. All the kids got to decorate a balloon for Jesus' birthday and then we went outside and sang Happy Birthday and let the balloons go into the sky. I was concerned that the boys would be upset that they had to let their balloons go, but they both had fun watching them float away.

Eli with his new hat

Jude playing with his new shape sorter

We had such a wonderful day with our family, but the highlight of my day had to be meeting my newest nephew. Leo Michael was born on December 8th and he hasn't had the easiest start on life but he is absolutely perfect! I absolutely loved holding him and I can't wait to hold him again on Christmas day!

Love you sweet Baby Leo!